Breaking Free from Silos: Achieving Application Rationalization Through HyperAutomation
Company Overview
IFB Industries Limited, a global consumer goods brand, is known for innovation and operational efficiency. To enhance its employee training programs, it sought a more streamlined and insightful solution.
Challenges
Despite its commitment to efficiency, IFB Industries faced hurdles with its employee training programs due to fragmented data spread across multiple applications. This disjointed system resulted in low user adoption, manual communication processes, and a lack of centralized visibility for the management team. Key issues included:
Low User Adoption
Difficulty in engaging users with the outdated system and ensuring effective use of training resources.
Manual Notifications
Communicating training details to participants required manual outreach through email, SMS, and WhatsApp.
Data Fragmentation
Disjointed applications and data sources made it impossible for leadership to gain real- time insights into training and associated sales improvements.
High Costs
Maintaining an in-house IT team was expensive, and customizations and ensuing support required significant financial investments.
Slow Reporting
Training data was typically reported weekly, which limited the ability to make timely, data-driven decisions.
The client needed an integrated solution to overcome these silos, streamline training program processes, and provide real-time insights without heavy development costs.
Solution
After considering traditional software development options, which proved costly, the client chose Stackyon’s HyperAutomation Platform to achieve their application rationalisation goals with minimal development effort. Stackyon provided an agile, no-code solution that addressed their need for a centralized training data system and streamlined operations.
Key Objectives for the Build and Deploy Phase:
Seamless Data Integration through Pre-Built Connectors
Stackyon’s connectors enabled efficient data collection from multiple in-house applications, eliminating the need for custom connector development.
Development of a System of Reference Database
A Training Management System (TMS) database was rapidly created to serve as a central reference point, consolidating data from over eight applications and enhancing accessibility.
Workflow Automation for Real-Time Data Capture
Stackyon’s visual workflow tools facilitated automated data capture, ensuring continuous data flow and reducing manual data entry efforts.
Auto-Suggested Training Needs Identification (TNI):
The platform’s rules engine enabled automatic recommendations for training needs based on pre-defined criteria, streamlining the identification process.
Event-Driven Capabilities for Improved Responsiveness
Stackyon’s event triggers allowed the client to initiate actions based on defined events, ensuring timely responses to changes in training data.
Enhanced Governance and Data Integrity
Stackyon’s business rules logic engine ensured that data was accurate, compliant, and secure, strengthening the governance of training data.
Results
The implementation of Stackyon’s low-code platform led to a dramatic improvement in the client’s training program operations:
Unified Application Connectivity
All in-house applications were seamlessly integrated, eliminating the need for extensive custom coding.
Real-Time Data Access
Leadership gained instant access to up-to-date training data, enabling faster, data-driven decisions.
Increased Reporting Frequency
Data reporting intervals improved from weekly to “on demand”, providing real-time visibility into program effectiveness.
Reduced Development Costs and Effort
Data reporting intervals improved from weekly to “on demand”, providing real-time visibility into program effectiveness.
Improved Management Visibility
Dashboard widgets now offer insights on the number of participants trained, training status updates, and performance summaries.
Conclusion
By leveraging Stackyon’s Hyper Automation Platform, IFB successfully transformed their legacy system, enhancing operational efficiency, reducing costs, and expanding
the reach and impact of their training programs.